I fear we might be losing the basic human facility to be alone - and with that you throw out independent decision-making, what to trust, what not to trust; key stuff - a perilous loss.

I'm just trying to understand what's around me as much as anyone else is, really. To draw a bead on a moving target.

I do think it's perfectly natural and human to want to invest belief in something. It's just a facet of who we are. What do I believe in? I believe in the obvious things. The people I'm close to and my work - it's not complicated.

I'll work for whoever wants to hire me. Even the jewelry channel.

Lots of comics try stuff out all year round, which is very sensible - I don't.

I never really had a career, to be honest with you. I never in my life sat down and planned it. I have thought, 'Oh, I'd like to do this,' like anybody would. But I'm not the type that says, 'If I do this, it will lead to that.'

He could dismiss several schools of philosophy by shifting slightly in his chair or toting his whisky glass.